®Planning appeal decision
Land at Waters Edge, Lake 10, Cotswold Water Park, South Cerney, GL7 5QH
outline planning application for the construction of 11no holiday homes along with access roads (including bridge), car parking, alterations to existing drainage ditch to create a new lagoon, creation of a new nature reserve area including alteration to land levels to create a new promontory on the southern shoreline, lowering of land on part of the western shoreline to create waterfowl habitat, erection of a bat barn, new reedbeds and other biodiversity enhancements and landscaping
- Authority
- Cotswold District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Minor retail and services
- Inspector
- Page L
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal is in an acceptable location
- the effect of the proposal on ground and surface water
- the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
- the effect of the proposal on biodiversity
What decided it
The cumulative weight of two instances of significant conflict with the development plan (unacceptable location and insufficient drainage evidence) outweighed the significant benefit of biodiversity enhancements, and no material considerations of sufficient weight justified a decision contrary to the development plan.
Two instances of significant harm from conflict with the development plan (location and drainage) outweighed one instance of significant benefit (biodiversity enhancements of 16.81% net gain), with character and appearance neutral, and limited socio-economic benefits insufficient to overcome the conflict with the development plan as a whole.
Framework references: 11, 55, 81, 174, 180
Plan policies cited: Policy EC11, Policy SP5, Policy EN15, Policy EN2, Policy EN4, Policy INF7, Policy EN8
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.